The Charioteers of Delphi and of Motya

Michael Lahanas

Ηνίοχος των Δελφών και Motya

Der Wagenlenker von Delphi und von Motya

Discovery place of the Charioteer

The Charioteer (Heniochos) of Delphi found in 1896 by French excavators. His four horses are lost probably by an earthquake around 373 AD. The face is according to specialists asymmetric in order to make it more realistic. His eyes are made of Onyx. The lips are made of cooper and his head band impressed in silver. It is interesting to read what scholars say about the Charioteer, sometimes I think with an extreme idealism: Not only does it celebrate, like the Pythian odes (of